{"id":36318,"date":"2017-06-08T22:50:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T03:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=36318"},"modified":"2017-06-08T22:50:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T03:50:10","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-june-8th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/06\/08\/texas-bicycling-news-june-8th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News June 8th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katy Trail Dallas: Cycling Gives New Life to a Historic Texas Train Line<\/a><\/h2>\n

John Wachunas | www.spinlister.com<\/h3>\n


\nWe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just going to come right out and say it: rail trails are the best.
\nAcross the US, from the crowded High Line in New York City to the secluded Bizz Johnson Trail in Northern California, abandoned train tracks are being transformed into public pathways that breathe new life into an often-forgotten part of American history.
\nAnd as it turns out, the folks in Dallas know a good idea when they see one.
\nSay hello to the Katy Trail, part of the old Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (get it? Kansas-Texas, K.T., Katy). With a history that dates back to the latter half of the 19th century, the first north-south train line to bisect the Lone Star State continues to play a prominent role in the lives of Dallas residents \u00e2\u20ac\u201c albeit in a much quieter fashion. …<\/p>\n

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